**You can post it - caused quite the stir on the other board which it was not intended to do (dang politics issue!) but if it an be taken in the vein that this is something Elvis was interested in at the time, and not a political statement for this point in time - then it can be discussed. (Did that make any sense??)
Thanks Sandi and yes it makes plenty of sense
I'll post this as it appeared on the Insiders. I'll start with Sandi's post then underneath it is ''the list''.
Alright - I had to think hard on whether to post this story again - but, since this is not a new story and I've told it to many people on this board in past years, I will repeat it again...one reason being that I've always said Elvis was a bloody brilliant individual who was ahead of his time with insight into things that went way beyond normal thinking at the time. -He had a lot of common sense, he read extensively and had the ability to be objective in his thinking whether he agreed with things or not - he showed that side of himself on many occasions with many different subjects.
Having said that, here is the story again in a little more detail ....
One weekend in Palm Springs in the early 70's, Elvis started discussing the Hollywood crowd - which he admitted he could not relate to - he went into a lot of detail which I won't go into now except to say he did mention several names of people who are still alive today and still in the business who he felt were very detrimental to our country . He then produced this "list" which he said was a list of the goals Communists had to accomplish in order to take over the world - he read it out loud and I'd say there were approx 10 - 12 things that, at that time, had already been accomplished and he pointed those out. He was very concerned with the government bailing out Lockheed because he felt if mis management screwed things up- then Lockheed themselves should figure out a way to fix things-not the government as Nixon wanted to do! As much as he liked Nixon, he disagreed with him on several levels. He felt government should not get involved in people's private lives or their businesses because once they do, "big brother will be looking over your shoulder and before you know what hit you- they will be calling all the shots and you lose your right to think - to choose - to be free and people will start being persecuted for not thinking like the government wants you to. "
Sounded so science fiction at the time and what the heck was big brother?!
I remember wondering at the time where the heck he would have gotten a list like that (and I still don't know) and how accurate it was but as he was reading it and explaining it - it really was rather scarey because at the time just the word communism sent chills up everyone's spine...people spied on people and turned in your names to the government if you disagreed etc. etc... The USSR was something to be feared!
Everyone talked about it afterwards saying those things could NEVER happen in the USA but the look on his face said it all--he felt it definately could happen and even back then he said it will be done and you won't even know it has happened until it's too late...or words to that effect. There was much much more said but it would start a firestorm if I went into more detail than this-it's in my journals (and takes up nearly 8 pages I might add!) another reason I say they will never be printed in their entirety. Let's just say world events today are proving Elvis to be more right than he was wrong and MANY more things have been marked off that list that appeared on the internet since the 1970's when Elvis had the list...this is more than just deja vu for me now - it's become a reality...
I'm posting this to show how little credit Elvis got in many ways when it came to his grasp on situations at the time..and I guess I'm a little freaked out about how many things he talked about that night that are going on right now, almost 40 years later -- he still amazes the heck out of me! Anyway, this is not meant to start a discussion-take it for what it is or ignore it - it's just a journal entry.
The List.
1963 Communist Goals
The following was entered into the Congressional record by Albert Herlong, Jr. (a Floridian who served in Congress from 1949-69) in 1963.
1) US acceptance of coexistence as the only alternative to atomic war. Done
2) US willingness to capitulate in preference to engaging in atomic war. Done
3) Develop the illusion that total disarmament by the US would be a demonstration of "moral strength". Still being pushed by the Far Left.
4) Permit free trade between all nations regardless of Communist affiliation and regardless of whether or not items could be used for war.Done
5) Ex tension of long term loans to Russia and Soviet Satellites. Done
6) Provide American aid to all nations regardless of Communist domination. Done
7) Grant recognition of Red China, and admission of Red China to the UN. Done
8.) Set up East and West Germany as separate states in spite of Khrushchev's promise in 1955 to settle the Germany question by free elections under supervision of the UN. Failed
9) Prolong the conferences to ban atomic tests because the US has agreed to suspend tests as long as negotiations are in progress. Done
10) Allow all Soviet Satellites individual representation in the UN. Done
11) Promote the UN as the only hope for mankind. If its charter is rewritten, demand that it be set up as a one world government with its own independent armed forces. (Some Communist leaders believe the world can be taken over as easily by the UN as by Moscow . Sometimes these two centers compete with each other as they are now doing in the Congo ). 1st Part Done. 2nd Part is not far away.
12) Resist any attempt to outlaw the Communist Party. Done
13) Do away with loyalty oaths. Done, many schools are doing away with and/or changing the Pledge of Allegiance.
14) Continue giving Russia access to the US Patent Office. Done
15) Capture one or both of the political parties in the US . Done, the far left has taken over the Democratic Party
16) Use technical decisions of the courts to weaken basic American institutions, by claiming their activities violate civil rights. Done, the left has used the Courts to change the Constitution since they have been unsuccessfull at the balot box.
17) Get control of the schools. Use them as transmission belts for Socialism, and current Communist propaganda. Soften the curriculum. Get control of teachers associations. Put the party line in text books. Done, look at Bill Ayers and other 60's radicals in the education field. They choose the text books our kids use!
18) Gain control of all student newspapers. Ongoing
19) Use student riots to foment public protests against programs or organizations which are under Communist attack. Done
20) Infiltrate the press. Get control of book review assignments, editorial writing, policy-making positions. DONE!, it is hard to find objective journalism any more!
21) Gain control of key positions in radio, TV & motion pictures. Done!
22) Continue discrediting American culture by degrading all form of artistic expression. An American Communist cell was told to "eliminate all good sculpture from parks and buildings", substitute shapeless, awkward, and meaningless forms. Done, you mean like crucifixes in urine?
23) Control art critics and directors of art museums. " Our plan is t o promote ugliness, repulsive, meaningless art". Done
24) Eliminate all laws governing obscenity by calling them "censorship" and a violation of free speech and free press. DONE!
25) Break down cultural standards of morality by promoting pornography, and obscenity in books, magazines, motion pictures, radio and TV. DONE!
26) Present Homosexuality, degeneracy, and promiscuity as "normal, natural, and healthy". DONE!
27) Infiltrate the churches and replace revealed religion with "social" religion. Discredit the Bible and emphasize the need for intellectual maturity, which does not need a "religious crutch". DONE! (Black Liberation Theology is the mixing of Marxism and Christianity, i.e. Jeremiah Wright.)
28) Eliminate prayer or any phase of religious expression in the schools on the grounds that it violates the principle of "separation of church and state". DONE!
29) Discredit the American Constitution by calling it inadequate, old fashioned, out of step with modern needs, a hindrance to cooperation between nations on a worldwide basis. DONE!
30) Discredit the American founding fathers. Present them as selfish aristocrats who had no concern for the "common man". DONE!
31) Belittle all forms of American culture and discourage the teaching of American history on the ground that it was only a minor part of "the big picture:" Give more emphasis to Russian history since the Communists took over. DONE! (in the guise of Multiculturism!)
32) Support any socialist movement to give centralized control over any part of the culture - - education, social agencies, welfare programs, mental health clinics, etc. Done or on the way (universal medicine)
33) Eliminate all laws or procedures, which interfere with the operation of the Communist apparatus. Done ( political correctness)
34) Eliminate the House Committee on Un-American Activities. Done
35) Discredit and eventually dismantle the FBI. Done (scandals and leaks)
36) Infiltrate and gain control of more unions. Ongoing
37) Infiltrate and gain control of big business. Ongoing
38) Transfer some of the powers of arrest from the police to social agencies. Treat all behavioral problems as psychiatric disorders which no one but psychiatrists can understand or treat. Done
39) Dominate the psychiatric profession and use mental health laws as a means of gaining coercive control over those who oppose Communist goals. Ongoing
40) Discredit the family as an institution. Encourage promiscuity and easy divorce. DONE!
41) Emphasize the need to raise children away from the negative influence of parents. Attribute prejudices, mental blocks and retarding of children to suppressive influence of parents. Done, attacks on home schooling, teachers prescribing Ritilan, no parental notification of PC topics like homosexuality, sex ed, Islamic studies, etc.
42) Create the impression that violence and insurrection are legitimate aspects of the American tradition; that students and special interest groups should rise up and make a "united force" to solve economic, political, or social problems. Done
43) Overthrow all colonial governments before native populations are ready for self-government. DONE!
44) Internationalize the Panama Canal. Done
45) Repeal the Connally Reservation so the US can not prevent the World Court from seizing jurisdiction over domestic problems. Give the World Court jurisdiction over domestic problems. Give the World Court jurisdiction over nations and individuals alike. Unsuccessful, so far (What the Connally Reservation is; Despite a growing cooperation with foreign governments, some Americans feared that international organizations might infringe on national sovereignty. This wariness led the U.S. Senate to pass the Connally reservation, which states that any treaty with respect to the United Nations must be made with the consent of the Senate. The Connally reservation also limits U.S. adherence to UN bodies such as the International Court of Justice by giving the federal government the right to decide for itself which issues are domestic and therefore beyond the court’s authority. The United States also has not accepted a 1998 international treaty establishing the International Criminal Court, which has the power to prosecute individuals for war crimes, crimes against humanity, and genocide.)
